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DBR Books The Books Magazine July | August 2014

Read our weekly newspaper, DBR Book News Weekly!

DBR Books would like to hear all about your reading experience;

share with us on Examiner, our Blog, and on Twitter!

3 DBR Notes

4 Yon Walls

Interview with author of Seeing Colette

6 The Reader’s Journal

Book review: Little Women and Me by

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

8 What we’re reading now...

9 DBR’s WishList

12 David Kalish

Interview with author of The Opposite of

Everything

Book Sale! Our Bestsellers... Reading Challenge 2014

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Read our weekly newspaper, DBR Book News Weekly!

DBR Books would like to hear all about your reading experience;

share with us on Examiner, our Blog, and on Twitter!

With thoughts of surf, sea, and sand, let us not forget about

our summer reading list. Whether vacationing by the

ocean, lounging by a pool, or taking a rest in our ham-

mocks under the shade of a big tree, add a couple of good books to the equa-

tion to fully enjoy your respite. Let your retreat be memorable; and to help

you achieve that, we have a suggestive list of great books for you and your

family to choose from:

Beatrice and Virgil by Yan Martel (author of Life of Pi)

Ninja Librarians: The Accidental Keyhand by Jen Swann Downey

The Battle of Darcy Lane by Tara Altebrando

The Widow‘s Walk by Robert Barclay

The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

Charlie Brown and Friends by Charles M. Schulz

Feel free to add to our list. Soon your book collection will grow too!

Happy Reading!

More of our reader’s journal entries,

reviews, plus author interviews,

can be found on our Blog and on Examiner!

Do you have a recently published children’s or YA fiction book you

would like us to review or promote? Then, write to dbrde-

signs1@gmail.com

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Seeing Colette by Yon Walls

Book on Createspace

1. Tell us a little about yourself. Firstly, I‘m really glad

to have completed this

book [Seeing Colette] and to be

talking to you about it. It has

been a labor of love and has

renewed my faith in the power

of creative writing to connect

with others. I‘ve been writing

since age 13 and didn‘t consider

myself a serious writer until

entering graduate school to

complete a program in English

and Creative Writing. The program didn‘t make me a writer--- (the early writing did

even when I didn‘t know it), but it made me responsible for what I write and more

reflective about what I want to say. It also equipped me with some craft. I love

books. I believe that books and writing are just opposite sides of each other. I love

compelling beautiful fiction and I‘ve had the opportunity to teach compelling beauti-

ful fiction. I also think writing can be hard and doing it is as much about craft as

what your heart and mind really want to say. I believe that I have lots more to say

and there are lots more wonderful books out there by other authors that I want to

read.

2. Congratulations on your new novel, Seeing Colette. This is your first novel; what is the book about? It‘s a book about people who decided that they can‘t stay in a place and must leave.

Sometimes because they‘re forced to, yet in the book, it‘s mostly by choice. It‘s

about a time in our country when a great migration from the South was happening

and many of them migrating were African-Americans. They were coming to big

cities like Chicago and New York for a better life. It‘s a book about passionate love;

finding it and losing it. It‘s also a book about the struggles of the poor from almost

every walk of life who just want equity, justice and dignity. Finally, it‘s about trans-

formational art and about a war that changed America and precedes the Harlem Re-

naissance.

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3. Why a period fiction piece set in the era of urban industrialization and World War I? Well, I think that period in American history is very interesting—a dynamic time that estab-

lished much of what Americans became after Victorian England, and the Jim Crow South. Alt-

hough the Jim Crow South still tainted much of American life in the early 1900‘s, society was

changing and this change brought about in the 1920‘s, the Harlem Renaissance—a time fluid

with Black Creativity and the earliest form of integration in the country.

4. Colette is quite the heroine - "fighting for the working poor and desti-tute, exposing corruption, and advocating for the arts". The era of urban industrialization screams male dominance. Why did you choose for the main character to be a woman? Is feminine empowerment a sub-theme in the book? Yes, feminine empowerment is a sub-theme. Colette Stonethrower, Anna Springfield, and

Lisele Straus are all women who face situations fearlessly. Yet, it doesn‘t mean they don‘t

feel. They feel all of their challenges deeply, but believe in themselves enough to try and fulfill

their dreams of a good life as creative thinking women, despite economic, social and racial in-

equity.

5. The book Seeing Colette is written in 'prose'. What does this mean and why did you choose to write a novel in prose? I felt the story should appear in novel form. It felt much longer than a poem and the characters

had more to say. I also thought that the novel form offered more opportunity for how the story

could be told and how it could flow and discover itself.

6. What other books have you written? I‘ve adapted children‘s fairy tales based on African-American folktales. It was a project that I

loved and also because I got to work with an illustrator I chose. It doesn‘t usually happen that

way when a publisher hires you on, but I was given that opportunity. I learned much about

how images can inform stories and how stories marry to images.

7. What advice do you have for first time writers? Well there‘s not any one thing I‘d say, but I think if you want to write, that‘s exactly what you

should do. I also think learning to get comfortable with the sometimes unpredictable process of

writing is important. Just because it may be hard to start or difficult to finish, the work is as

much about the process as it is the outcome. Just keep writing and doing your best. Also, reach

out to other writers that inspire you and get as much craft as you can, anywhere you can.

8. What's next for Yon Walls? What are you currently working on? I‘m working on my next novel. I like the way it feels and am enjoying the start process,

although I feel in my gut that soon a wave of inspiration will happen as it usually does, and the

writing process will speed up and I‘ll be on board with it until it‘s done. I‘m also feeling really

glad to be writing for a readership and want to please them. Yet, I know the story will be what

it‘s supposed to be. It‘s the part about this work, wonder and commitment that I love, and I am

so glad that it‘s my job to do.

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Little Women and Me

by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Book Description:

Emily is sick and tired of being a middle sister. So

when she gets an assignment to describe what she'd

change about a classic novel, Emily pounces on

Little Women. After all, if she can't change things in

her own family, maybe she can bring a little justice

to the March sisters. (Kill off Beth? Have cute Lau-

rie wind up with Amy instead of Jo? What was

Louisa May Alcott thinking?!)

But when Emily gets mysteriously transported into

the 1860s world of the book, she discovers that righting fictional wrongs won't be

easy. And after being immersed in a time and place so different from her own, it

may be Emily--not the four March sisters--who undergoes the most surprising

change of all.

Product Specifications:

Book Title & Author: Little Women and Me by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Age Range: 12 - 17 years

Grade Level: 7 and up

Paperback: 336 pages

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens; Reprint edition (July 23, 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1619630338

ISBN-13: 978-1619630338

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O ur 4th book for the Reading Journal is Little Women and Me by Lau-

ren Baratz-Logsted.

So if you had a chance to change the details of a classic novel, what novel would

you choose and what details would you change. In an English assignment, Emily

March in Little Women and Me, written by Lauren Baratz-Logsted, decided that

she would change the classic novel Little Women. Should she change the out-

come of whom gets the boy, Jo or Amy, and what about the sad scene of Beth

dying? But before she had the chance to decide what details about the novel she‘d

fix, Emily is mysteriously transported into the world of Louisa May Alcott‘s char-

acters, the March sisters. Here is Emily‘s chance to ‗right‘ fictional wrongs in her

favorite book, but soon she realizes that it‘s not as easy as she thought it would

be.

Emily March was ‗sucked‘ into this imaginary world of the infamous ‗Little

Women‘ of Alcott‘s book, and they were suddenly real and alive. Sounds bizarre

and unbelievable, yet she found that her being there was quite ‗normal‘! There

was a place for her; her existence in 1860‘s March world was as if she‘d always

been there; Emily March, middle sister of the March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and

Amy.

Author Lauren Baratz-Logsted, writes a novel within a novel. Placing Emily

within the story of Little Women and carving out a place for her is ingenious. It‘s

like a rewrite of the classic novel told in the way kids today can understand and

relate to, with all the modern edge and flair to it, and Emily who seem to ‗have

always existed‘ was in the middle of it! There was no surprise or shock by the sis-

ters when Emily suddenly ‘showed up‘ in the story, and this is helpful to the plot

because the transition was less taxing on the reader. It makes for an easy read.

If you like period piece, where modern meets past, then you‘ll like Little Women

and Me. Placing a modern character in the past is an experiment many writers like

to explore. It provides intrigue for the reader and usually creates for the character

a journey of discovery. This book has piqued our curiosity and we want to find

out how this story will play out and how much details will change, now that there

is an added character to the fiction Little Women.

Visit DBR Books Blog for more journal entries on this book. [Review written for The Books Magazine]

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What We’re Reading Now!

This book is our current read for 2014 Read-

ing Challenge, of which readers are chal-

lenged to read outside their usual genre!

We hope that you will be able to reach your

goal for the year! Thanks for participating!

The Postmistress

by Sarah Blake

Book Description:

In 1940, Iris James is the postmistress in coastal Franklin, Massachusetts. Iris

knows more about the townspeople than she will ever say, and believes her job is

to deliver secrets. Yet one day she does the unthinkable: slips a letter into her

pocket, reads it, and doesn't deliver it.

Meanwhile, Frankie Bard broadcasts from overseas with Edward R. Murrow. Her

dispatches beg listeners to pay heed as the Nazis bomb London nightly. Most of

the townspeople of Franklin think the war can't touch them. But both Iris and

Frankie know better...

The Postmistress is a tale of two worlds-one shattered by violence, the other will-

fully naïve-and of two women whose job is to deliver the news, yet who find

themselves unable to do so. Through their eyes, and the eyes of everyday people

caught in history's tide, it examines how stories are told, and how the fact of war

is borne even through everyday life.

Product Specifications:

Book Title & Author: The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

Paperback: 384 pages

Publisher: Berkley Trade; Reprint edition (February 1, 2011)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0425238695

ISBN-13: 978-0425238691

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Dragons Love Tacos

by Adam Rubin

Gaston

by Kelly DiPucchio

Five Trucks

by Brian Floca

Bringing Down the

Mouse

by Ben Mezrich

Words with Wings

by Nikki Grimes

Escape from Berlin

by Irene N. Watts

DBR’s WISHLIST books

for July | August 2014!

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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

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Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon

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rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-

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Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes read-

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DBR Book News Weekly

The following book news clipping was featured on DBR Book News Weekly, from which the excerpt was taken from The Guardian. The article Women of the World (The Rise of the Female Diplomat) - Book Review, was written by Susan Pedersen for The Guardian on Friday, June 27, 2014.

If Helen McCarthy hadn't found the

inimitable Charles Howard Smith in the

Foreign Office files, she would have had

to invent him. Charged in 1933 with organizing

an inquiry into whether the diplomatic and consu-

lar services should open up to women, Smith en-

tirely understood that his real instructions were to

keep women out. This would take some doing, for

the Soviets and Americans had female diplomats,

other branches of the British civil service had al-

lowed women in without catastrophe, and Sir War-

ren Fisher, the maverick head of the civil service,

favoured women's entry. Smith thus needed (as he

told his chief, bluntly) "ammunition of a kind

which will convince not only the civil servants …

but the cabinet and the general public" that the en-

try of women "would not be conducive to the public interest".

What might that ammunition be? Advice from the men on the spot, of course.

Smith dispatched letters to all British ambassadors asking whether they thought

women could serve as efficiently as men. With a few exceptions, the responses

that came winging back were gratifyingly negative. To allow female diplomats,

most reported, was "inadvisable", "unthinkable" or, even, "criminal". Women's

presence would destroy the efficiency of the British diplomatic establishment;

it would "incontestably affect the prestige of His Majesty's government" around

the world. Read more…

Visit DBR Book News Weekly for more information and news on books and

authors.

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The Opposite of Everything by David Kalish

www.davidkalishwriter.com

1. Who is David Kalish?

I am a novelist and playwright with a penchant for comedy. I wrote my first poem

in kindergarten and never looked back. I wrote essays in public school, news arti-

cles as a journalist at The Associated Press, tons of short stories, and most recently, a novel

that was just published. Of course I received lots of great encouragement along the way,

especially from my professors at Bennington College, where I received my MFA in fiction

writing in 2006. Today, I‘m lucky to have cleared space and time in my life to devote full-

time to my creative writing.

2. Your first novel The Opposite of Everything was inspired by your per-sonal struggle with cancer. Tell us a little about the book.

The Opposite of Everything is a comic twist on my rocky journey through cancer and

divorce, to treatment and renewal. Though the book parallels my real-life struggles, I

stretched the truth for dramatic effect, made characters do bizarre things their real-life

counterparts would never consider, and played dark subjects for laughs. It‘s a world in

which cancer tears apart relationships – and builds new ones.

3. In reading the book, readers are curious and are left wondering if, Writer David Kalish really did the opposite of what comes naturally in his life?

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OK, let me get a couple of things off my chest. Unlike my main character Daniel Plotnick, I nev-

er wore a nose ring or pierced my skin for decorative purposes. I never went Gothic. My second

wife and I never tried to conceive a baby at my father‘s home with his help. At my second wed-

ding, I never cancelled the caterers, never corralled guests to help cook, and never replaced the

priest with Buddhist monks. I hate heavy metal music. I could go on. Because in real life, I did

not go to such extremes. However, in real life, I did go against my natural impulse many times,

and much of my experience found its way into the novel. After my divorce from a Jewish woman

from Brooklyn, I took a totally new romantic path, marrying a doctor from Colombia. After a

first marriage held in a schmaltzy catering hall, I re-married in an 1800s house in the Waspy en-

clave of Southampton. And after my cancer spread to my lungs, I was indeed forced to reverse

my career hopes, scuttling plans to move to Mexico City as a foreign correspondent and staying

in the United States to undergo chemotherapy. So yes, the short answer is that I underwent some

but not all of those bizarre reversals my main character goes through.

4. Your theme, the opposite of everything, runs as the main thread through-out the story. It's quite profound, because so many people would like the op-portunity to change their lives in such a radical way but fear prevents it. Readers admire Daniel Plotnick for his courage. The chapter with Plotnick's wedding was hilarious and unbelievable! Readers wouldn't think that he'd apply this theory to his big day, but he did! What made you continue with his decision all the way through the story, even when it seemed so unnatural?

A good question. During the revision process I‘d sometimes be taken aback by what I‘d written.

Would readers think Plotnick too bizarre? But after rereading Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, who

uses humor to satirize the insanity of war, I figured I could get away with humor to portray the

insanity of cancer, divorce and remarriage. The wedding scene was clearly the most bizarre, but

it seems to have withstood the test of time, with readers saying it was the funniest part of the

book. And I sought to weave the ―opposite‖ thread through the whole book as a metaphor for the

main character‘s eventual confrontation with his mortality. In the end he does the opposite of his

initial impulse toward denial, and comes to embrace life through the birth of his daughter.

5. You ran the risk of your main character seeming crazy at times. In writing the book did you find yourself holding back on how much the opposite of everything should influence Plotnick's decisions?

Yes. After Plotnick decides to reverse his career, move to Mexico, and have a baby in the United

States, the opposite theme fades. He‘s no longer overtly reaching for the opposite – just trying to

face his future like a man. At one point I was tempted to explain why he lessens his focus on do-

ing the opposite, but I figured I‘d let the story speak for itself.

6. Writing raw emotion and creating complex relationships are successfully done in your book. Many writers struggle with this. What is your suggestion to writers who have this struggle?

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It‘s not easy turning painful struggles – especially those based on one‘s own life, like mine

-- into entertaining fiction. My first attempts to write about my experience with divorce and

cancer felt stiff and distant, as I imagine others might feel about their own efforts. Turns out

the format -- first-person memoir – didn‘t work for me. I was hesitant to express my emo-

tions in a story I starred in. Eventually, after years of revisions, I decided not to be a slave

to the facts. I made up characters, letting the story play out through their conflicts. Over

years my book turned into a comedy that plays pain for comedy and drama. So my sugges-

tion would be that writers struggling over this same issue unshackle themselves from the

facts of their struggle. Once you‘ve isolated the essential conflicts between characters, go to

town with your material. Have fun with it. Don‘t be afraid to stretch truths for dramatic and

comedic effect.

More generally, don‘t be afraid to make mistakes, and keep writing. Always try to improve

your writing. Most of all, don‘t give up. It‘s a tough business, so it‘s supposed to be tough.

If you‘re passionate enough about writing, you‘ll persevere long enough to succeed.

7. What's next for David Kalish? What are you currently working on?

I have several projects on my plate. One, I‘m converting The Opposite of Everything into a

screenplay. Two, I‘m revising a second novel, Stoner Hero, to send out to a literary agent

interested in it. Three, I‘m refining my script for a musical comedy, The Gringo Who Stole

Christmas, that will be performed at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, N.Y. in December.

Amid all this craziness, I‘m in the thick of my book tour for The Opposite of Everything,

and helping to raise funds for Gringo. So lots and lots to keep me busy.

Links to The Opposite of Everything: Author‘s website: www.davidkalishwriter.com

Book on Amazon: http://amzn.to/IEvXtn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dekalish

Book on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7171274.David_Kalish

“...after rereading Catch 22 by Joseph Heller,

who uses humor to satirize the insanity of war, I

figured I could get away with humor to portray

the insanity of cancer, divorce and remarriage.”

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Press Release | Book Launch events at RiverRead Books in July

P lan on visiting Binghamton, New York for the month of July?

Then be sure to stop by RiverRead Books situated Downtown

at 5 Court Street. There is an incredible line up of authors

visits, book reading and signings, and other author events.

Here are the events:

1. Tuesday, July 1 @6:30pm - Book Launch - Shattering the Ley

by local and nationally acclaimed author Joshua Palmatier. Accord-

ing to Kirkus Reviews, this new fantasy series will appeal to

―Fantasy regulars looking for a fresh series with real bite should find it worth a try‖. There

will be an author‘s reading, followed by conversation with Joshua.

2. Wednesday, July 2 @6:30pm - Book Event and Reading with Lynne M. Hinkey, author of

Broome County Native Chases the Chupacabra! ―Is the chupacabra real or myth? Dog only

knows‖. Find out at the event!

3. Tuesday, July 8 @6:30 pm - Book Launch - Dry Bones in the Valley by local and nation-

ally acclaimed author Tom Bouman. ―When an elderly recluse discovers a corpse on his

land, Officer Henry Farrell follows the investigation to strange places in the countryside,

and into the depths of his own frayed soul‖ – RiverRead. ―Bouman‘s debut shows rural

noir at its finest: a poetically written mystery about a man struggling with his inner demons

and an area of great natural beauty few had heard of before the natural gas boom.‖ - Kirkus

Reviews, Starred Review

4. Thursday, July 10 @6:30pm - Discussion and Q&A led by Rabbi Aaron and Rivkah Slo-

nim. ―Who was the most Influential Rabbi in modern history? This discussion will cover

the New York Times bestseller REBBE, a new book by Joseph Telushkin.‖ – RiverRead.

5. Thursday, July 18 @6:30pm - Brian Beattie and Valerie Fowler present Ivy and the Wick-

er Suitcase. Ivy and the Wicker Suitcase - http://www.ivyandthewickersuitcase.com - is a

74 minute mythic musical audio drama on disc that comes with a fully illustrated 62 page

book. ― ‗Ivy‘; is set in Austin Texas in 1938, and it‘s about a 10 year old girl who falls into

the underworld. (it‘s a depression era musical for the new depression.) Its primary audience

is young parents and their children. The presentation includes an Epic Poem (The Backstory

Ballad of Ivy Wire), a few tunes from the musical, and our Crankie Show , which is a 30

foot long illustration cranked along on a home made box, revealing about 42 inches of the

drawing at a time. It functions as a primitive video, a low tech immersive multimedia mar-

vel. – RiverRead.

6. Monday, July 21 @6:30pm - Downtown Bookclub. This month‘s book reading choice is

Going After Cacciato by Tim O‘Brien. Note: All bookclub books are available at 15% dis-

count to bookclub members.

7. Friday, July 25 @7:00pm - Open Mike Night - Facilitated by Roadpoet J. Barrett Wolf.

Links: http://www.jbarrettwolf.com and http://poetrybinghamton.com

―Come, listen and be heard! Every month brings new and returning poets - and listeners.‖ – Ri-

verRead. The book store is located at 5 Court Street, Binghamton NY 13901.

Summer hours are effective June 1st through Labor Day: Sunday - 12 PM - 5 PM; Monday

through Wednesday - 12 PM - 6 PM; Thursday & Friday - 12 PM - 8 PM; Saturday - 10 AM - 6 PM

Please note that exceptions are made for group meetings and scheduled events. More details regard-

ing the events can be found at http://riverreadbooks.com [Press Release by Binghamton Book Examiner]

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Reading Challenge Books you might be

interested in!

All Fall Down

by Jennifer Weiner

Hard Choices

by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Steve Harvey

The Heist (Gabriel Allon #14)

By Daniel Silva

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DBR Books The Books Magazine July | August 2014

Here is a list of newly released books to keep your kids busy! These are now available in local libraries nationwide or anywhere books are sold:

For Ages 8 to 12:

1. Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

2. Snoopy Cowabunga! by Charles M. Schulz

3. Peanuts Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz

4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney

DBR recommends

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For Ages 3 to 7:

5. Ninja by Arree Chung

6. Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae

7. If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul

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